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Blue Screen of Death Options??
Flake:
--- Quote from: Encryptor on September 25, 2009, 06:38:16 am ---Flake,
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Encryptor
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Thanks for the info (actually thanks to all for your recommendations/comments). I'm getting a copy of the XP install CD tonight at a wedding I have to go to. I will try the recovery console solution tonight.........maybe........depending on how much I've had to drink.
Wish me luck
Flake:
well using the XP install cd to access the recovery console and running a check disk command didnt work. It only goes to about 35% and says there are one or more unknown unrecoverable errors and that the bootdisk is bad. I did a fixboot command which says it performed successfully but it still wont work.
Have to try other options posted here, but I was really hoping that one worked. Does this mean I have a hardware failure?
severdhed:
that usually means that the drive is bad. your best be here would be to install the drive in another computer to back up your data (if you need any of it) and get a new hard drive and start from scratch.
chrimeg:
if you get or have an XP boot disk/CD get to the rvocery console/dos prompt and use the following.
chkdisk /r
This should check your hard drive for bad sectors and repair them. If you are able to boot windows after this use norton ghost or something to transfer your old hard drive onto a new one.
I'd bet your hard disk has bad sectors and defraging caused some sort of corruption when reorganizing the data.
Flake:
--- Quote from: chrimeg on September 26, 2009, 07:17:12 pm ---if you get or have an XP boot disk/CD get to the rvocery console/dos prompt and use the following.
chkdisk /r
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I already did this with no success. I have a Acronis recovery disk but someone stated this would restore my PC to its original point. My whole aim here is to get my computer working without having to start from scratch. I have all my hard drive backedup as much as I need to but I am trying to avoid all the other software downloads/driver/codec/cab vol/etc/etc/ installs/configs. Plus if I remember right, I had a hellava time even getting my video card to output to my TV. All this I'd like to avoid.